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Albania’s Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri speaks at a news conference in Gjirokastra city, close to Lazarat village, 230 kilometers (140 miles) south of capital Tirana, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Near-continuous gunfire rang out from the lawless village as hundreds police have arrived to battle well-armed marijuana growers who were trying to thwart a government crackdown. . AP Photo/Hektor Pustina